The current Library Board members are:
John Shewalter, Chair john.shewalter@pahrumplibrary.org
Michael Runion, Vice-Chair michael.runion@pahrumplibrary.org
Kelly Green, Secretary kelly.green@pahrumplibrary.org
Dee Mounts, Trustee dee.mounts@pahrumplibrary.org
Mathew Morris, Trustee mathew.morris@pahrumplibrary.org
Responsibilities and Authorities of the Library Board
Refer to Chapter 379 of the Nevada Statutes (particularly section 379.025), the Handbook for Trustees of Nevada Public Libraries, and individual library bylaws to provide basis and framework for the responsibilities and authority of the library board and individual Trustee.
PAHRUMP LIBRARY DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES BYLAWS
Organization
This organization shall be called the “Pahrump Library District Board of Trustees” existing by virtue of the provisions of Chapter 379 of the Nevada Revised Statues, and exercising the powers and duties delegated to it under the Statue. The Board shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the Nye County Board of Commissioners to serve terms of four years and not to exceed two (2) consecutive terms.
Responsibility
Set Policies
Hire and evaluate the director
Plan for the future of the Library
Submit budgets and monitor finances
Monitor an evaluate the overall effectiveness of the Library
Advocate for the library in the community
Officers
Officers of the board shall be a chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary, and treasurer elected from among the appointed trustees, each of whom will serve a term of two (2) years. Elections will be held in March of even years or as needed. Officers shall carry out the duties and responsibilities of their office.
Meetings
Regular meeting shall be held on the second Monday of each month at 10:00 A.M. in the Pahrump Community Library or such other times and place as the Board may determine. Any member of the Board missing three (3) consecutive meetings without cause may be relieved of their appointment.
Special meetings may be held at any time at the call of the chairperson, vice-chairperson, or at the call of any two members of the Board, provided that notice thereof be given to all members in advance of the meeting in accordance with the Nevada open meeting law.
The order of business at all regular meetings shall be as follows:
Call to order
Approve agenda
Secretary’s report - Approve minutes of previous meeting
Treasurer’s report
Librarian’s report
Committee report
Unfinished business
New business
Adjournment
Robert Rules of order shall govern proceedings of all meetings.
Adopted by the Pahrump Community Library Board of Trustees 12/11/00, 04/09/01 11/10/14
Board of Trustees:
Kelly Green - Secretary
Matt Morris – Trustee
Dee Mounts – Trustee Pahrump Library District
Michael Runion – Vice-Chairman Doris Shirky, Founder
John Shewalter – Chairman 701 East Street Pahrump, NV 89048
Main: 775-727-5930 Fax: 775-727-6209
AGENDA
PAHRUMP LIBRARY DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
Date: August 11, 2025
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: Pahrump Community Library
701 East Street Pahrump, NV 89048
Meeting Room
Subject to technical difficulties, people may participate by either a Zoom Meeting link at
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86135701130?pwd=nEPuvsBCdPZHA5OyM8ldYqteb6UEe…
and Passcode 571251, or by calling 1-646-568-7788
and entering Meeting ID 861 3570 1130 and Passcode 571251
.
Technical difficulties may occur before or during the meeting preventing your ability to join
the meeting via Zoom by either the on-line link above or the call-in number.
Zoom participants will be muted until the Chair of the Pahrump Library District Board of Trustees opens public comment periods by announcement. Zoom participants must raise their hand within Zoom to notify the Library administration they wish to speak either during General Public Comment or during public comment on a specific agenda item. Zoom participants will be unmuted by Library administration when it is their turn to speak during public comment.
There may be a delay between the in-person meeting and the meeting video.
* Members of the public who wish to address the Library Board of Trustees may come forward and speak on any topic that is relevant to or within the authority of the Library Board. The Board respects the rights of citizens to present differing opinions and views. The public comment period at library district board meeting shall be limited to a maximum of forty-five (45) minutes for general public comment items.
Remarks by speakers during any public comment period shall be limited to three (3) minutes each. Additionally, public comment of up to three minutes per person may be heard during individual action items. The Chairman reserves the right to reduce the time allowed for public comment. The Chairman may prohibit comment if the content of the comments is a topic that is not relevant to, or within the authority of the Board, or if the content of the comments is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering with the rights of other speakers. If you believe your item requires extended discussion or action, you may ask a member of the Board to place it on the Board’s agenda for a future meeting. No action may be taken on a matter raised under general public comment of the agenda unless the matter is noticed on a Board agenda as an item on which action may be taken.
Items on the agenda without a time designation may be taken out of order. The Chairman may combine two or more agenda items for consideration. The Chairman may remove an item from the agenda or delay discussion relating to an item on the agenda at any time. Items on the agenda without a time designation may not necessarily be considered in the order in which they appear on the agenda.
NOTICE: It is anticipated that the items of business before the Pahrump Library District on August 11, 2025 will be fully completed on that date. However, should item(s) not be completed, it is possible item(s) could be carried over and be heard before the Pahrump Library District Board of Trustees beginning at 10:00 a.m. on the next day.
Copies of the reference material and any additional supporting material will be made available at the Pahrump Community Library, located at 701 East Street, Pahrump, Nevada 89048 or by contacting the Library Director at 775-727-5930 or director@pahrumplibrary.org. Copies of any such material will also be made available at the meeting site.
Pursuant to NRS 241.020, the agenda is posted at the following locations:
PAHRUMP COMMUNITY LIBRARY, PAHRUMP, NV
NYE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE, PAHRUMP, NV
TOWN OF PAHRUMP OFFICE, PAHRUMP, NV
www.pahrumplibrary.org
www.admin.nv.gov
NRS 241.020 requires that written notice of all meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Pahrump Library District be given at least three working days before the meetings. The notice shall include the time, place, location, and the agenda of the meeting.
Disabled members of the public who require reasonable accommodations to attend this meeting are asked to notify the Library Director 775-727-5930 at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.
1) Call to order
2) Members Roll Call
3) Pledge of Allegiance
4) GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT: * (Action will NOT be taken on matters considered during this period until specifically included on an agenda as an action item.)
5) Trustee/Director/Liaison Comments: - This item is limited to announcements, brief discussions of public comments, correction of factual inaccuracies, direction to staff, or topics proposed for future board meetings. (Lengthy deliberation of topics not on the agenda is prohibited by the Nevada Open Meeting Law).
6) Approval of August 11, 2025 Agenda (Non-action item)
7) For Possible Action: Emergency Items
8) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve or amend and approve the meeting minutes for July 14, 2025.
9) Presentation: Treasurer’s Report by Kim Thomas for discussion of monthly expenditures and revenue for July 2025 through August 2025.
10) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve or amend and approve payment vouchers for July 2025 through August 2025.
11) Presentation: Librarian’s Report by Kimberly Thomas for discussion on library activity for July 2025 through August 2025. Report activities include staff activities and training, library project updates, patron traffic, books checked out, books returned, fees collected, online story time, STEAM, internet use, website usage and materials added.
12) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve or reject 1) charging a debit/credit card fee for Library transactions and 2) determine the fee charged.
13) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to determine who is authorized to set the fees for library services.
14) For Possible Action: Discussions and deliberation to approve or reject access to employee areas to “authorized personnel only” i.e. Staff, volunteers, board members and legal counsel.
15) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to continue, suspend, or terminate providing internet “hotspots”.
16) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to set a start date for the new library hours.
17) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve, amend and approve or reject amending the Pahrump Community Library Personnel Policy’s employee paid lunch break policy.
18) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to (1) approve, amend and approve or reject the Apollo Integrated Library System Subscription Purchase Agreement with Biblionix, LLC for the Library’s new ILS system, (2) Execute the Agreement, and (3) provide the Library Director with a one-time authority to execute the Agreement.
19) Trustee/Director/Liaison Comments: - This item is limited to announcements, brief discussions of public comments, correction of factual inaccuracies, direction to staff, or topics proposed for future board meetings. (Lengthy deliberation of topics not on the agenda is prohibited by the Nevada Open Meeting Law).
20) Adjournment
Board of Trustees:
Kelly Green - Secretary
Matt Morris – Trustee
Dee Mounts – Trustee Pahrump Library District
Michael Runion – Vice-Chairman Doris Shirky, Founder
John Shewalter – Chairman 701 East Street Pahrump, NV 89048
Main: 775-727-5930 Fax: 775-727-6209
AGENDA
PAHRUMP LIBRARY DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
Date: July 14, 2025
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: Pahrump Community Library
701 East Street Pahrump, NV 89048
Meeting Room
Subject to technical difficulties, people may participate by either a Zoom Meeting link at
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86135701130?pwd=nEPuvsBCdPZHA5OyM8ldYqteb6UEe…
and Passcode 571251, or by calling 1-646-568-7788
and entering Meeting ID 861 3570 1130 and Passcode 571251
.
Technical difficulties may occur before or during the meeting preventing your ability to join
the meeting via Zoom by either the on-line link above or the call-in number.
Zoom participants will be muted until the Chair of the Pahrump Library District Board of Trustees opens public comment periods by announcement. Zoom participants must raise their hand within Zoom to notify the Library administration they wish to speak either during General Public Comment or during public comment on a specific agenda item. Zoom participants will be unmuted by Library administration when it is their turn to speak during public comment.
There may be a delay between the in-person meeting and the meeting video.
* Members of the public who wish to address the Library Board of Trustees may come forward and speak on any topic that is relevant to or within the authority of the Library Board. The Board respects the rights of citizens to present differing opinions and views. The public comment period at library district board meeting shall be limited to a maximum of forty-five (45) minutes for general public comment items.
Remarks by speakers during any public comment period shall be limited to three (3) minutes each. Additionally, public comment of up to three minutes per person may be heard during individual action items. The Chairman reserves the right to reduce the time allowed for public comment. The Chairman may prohibit comment if the content of the comments is a topic that is not relevant to, or within the authority of the Board, or if the content of the comments is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering with the rights of other speakers. If you believe your item requires extended discussion or action, you may ask a member of the Board to place it on the Board’s agenda for a future meeting. No action may be taken on a matter raised under general public comment of the agenda unless the matter is noticed on a Board agenda as an item on which action may be taken.
Items on the agenda without a time designation may be taken out of order. The Chairman may combine two or more agenda items for consideration. The Chairman may remove an item from the agenda or delay discussion relating to an item on the agenda at any time. Items on the agenda without a time designation may not necessarily be considered in the order in which they appear on the agenda.
NOTICE: It is anticipated that the items of business before the Pahrump Library District on July 14, 2025 will be fully completed on that date. However, should item(s) not be completed, it is possible item(s) could be carried over and be heard before the Pahrump Library District Board of Trustees beginning at 10:00 a.m. on the next day.
Copies of the reference material and any additional supporting material will be made available at the Pahrump Community Library, located at 701 East Street, Pahrump, Nevada 89048 or by contacting the Library Director at 775-727-5930 or director@pahrumplibrary.org. Copies of any such material will also be made available at the meeting site.
Pursuant to NRS 241.020, the agenda is posted at the following locations:
PAHRUMP COMMUNITY LIBRARY, PAHRUMP, NV
NYE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE, PAHRUMP, NV
TOWN OF PAHRUMP OFFICE, PAHRUMP, NV
www.pahrumplibrary.org
www.admin.nv.gov
NRS 241.020 requires that written notice of all meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Pahrump Library District be given at least three working days before the meetings. The notice shall include the time, place, location, and the agenda of the meeting.
Disabled members of the public who require reasonable accommodations to attend this meeting are asked to notify the Library Director 775-727-5930 at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.
1) Call to order
2) Members Roll Call
3) Pledge of Allegiance
4) GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT: * (Action will NOT be taken on matters considered during this period until specifically included on an agenda as an action item.)
5) Trustee/Director/Liaison Comments: - This item is limited to announcements, brief discussions of public comments, correction of factual inaccuracies, direction to staff, or topics proposed for future board meetings. (Lengthy deliberation of topics not on the agenda is prohibited by the Nevada Open Meeting Law).
6) Approval of July 14, 2025 Agenda (Non-action item)
7) For Possible Action: Emergency Items
8) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve or amend and approve the meeting minutes for June 9, 2025.
9) Presentation: Treasurer’s Report by Kim Thomas for discussion of monthly expenditures and revenue for June 2025 through July 2025.
10) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve or amend and approve payment vouchers for June 2025 through July 2025.
11) Presentation: Librarian’s Report by Kimberly Thomas for discussion on library activity for June 2025 through July 2025. Report activities include staff activities and training, patron traffic, books checked out, books returned, fees collected, online story time, STEAM, internet use, website usage and materials added.
12) For Possible Action: For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation regarding the working hours for the Library Director and set start date.
13) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to include June 19 (Juneteenth) to the Pahrump Community Library Personnel Policy Manual as a recognized holiday.
14) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve, amend and approve or reject creating 1) an Information Technology Coordinator position; 2) establish the job description for the Information Technology Coordinator position; 3) determine whether the library shall pay for the CompTIA A+ certification(s) for the Information Technology Coordinator; and 4) to set the starting salary at $21.00 per hour.
15) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve, amend and approve or reject increasing the hourly rate for Jennifer Swanson from $17.92 per hour to $20.00 per hour.
16) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve, amend and approve or reject raising the Head of Circulation hourly pay from $28.06 per hour to $29.00 per hour.
17) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve or reject 1) removing the “Part-Time Employees Annual Leave” from the Pahrump Community Library Personnel Policy Manual and 2) pay-out the part-time employees existing annual leave banked hours.
18) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve, amend and approve or reject setting the library hours to be open Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, and to be closed on Sunday.
19) Trustee/Director/Liaison Comments: - This item is limited to announcements, brief discussions of public comments, correction of factual inaccuracies, direction to staff, or topics proposed for future board meetings. (Lengthy deliberation of topics not on the agenda is prohibited by the Nevada Open Meeting Law).
20) Adjournment
Board of Trustees:
Kelly Green - Secretary
Matt Morris – Trustee
Dee Mounts – Trustee Pahrump Library DistrictMichael Runion – Vice-Chairman Doris Shirky, Founder
John Shewalter – Chairman 701 East Street Pahrump, NV 89048
Main: 775-727-5930 Fax: 775-727-6209
AGENDA
PAHRUMP LIBRARY DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
Date: June 9, 2025
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: Pahrump Community Library
701 East Street Pahrump, NV 89048
Meeting Room
Subject to technical difficulties, people may participate by either a Zoom Meeting link at
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86135701130?pwd=nEPuvsBCdPZHA5OyM8ldYqteb6UEe…
and Passcode 571251, or by calling 1-646-568-7788
and entering Meeting ID 861 3570 1130 and Passcode 571251
.
Technical difficulties may occur before or during the meeting preventing your ability to join
the meeting via Zoom by either the on-line link above or the call-in number.
Zoom participants will be muted until the Chair of the Pahrump Library District Board of Trustees opens public comment periods by announcement. Zoom participants must raise their hand within Zoom to notify the Library administration they wish to speak either during General Public Comment or during public comment on a specific agenda item. Zoom participants will be unmuted by Library administration when it is their turn to speak during public comment.
There may be a delay between the in-person meeting and the meeting video.
* Members of the public who wish to address the Library Board of Trustees may come forward and speak on any topic that is relevant to or within the authority of the Library Board. The Board respects the rights of citizens to present differing opinions and views. The public comment period at library district board meeting shall be limited to a maximum of forty-five (45) minutes for general public comment items.
Remarks by speakers during any public comment period shall be limited to three (3) minutes each. Additionally, public comment of up to three minutes per person may be heard during individual action items. The Chairman reserves the right to reduce the time allowed for public comment. The Chairman may prohibit comment if the content of the comments is a topic that is not relevant to, or within the authority of the Board, or if the content of the comments is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering with the rights of other speakers. If you believe your item requires extended discussion or action, you may ask a member of the Board to place it on the Board’s agenda for a future meeting. No action may be taken on a matter raised under general public comment of the agenda unless the matter is noticed on a Board agenda as an item on which action may be taken.
Items on the agenda without a time designation may be taken out of order. The Chairman may combine two or more agenda items for consideration. The Chairman may remove an item from the agenda or delay discussion relating to an item on the agenda at any time. Items on the agenda without a time designation may not necessarily be considered in the order in which they appear on the agenda.
NOTICE: It is anticipated that the items of business before the Pahrump Library District on June 9, 2025 will be fully completed on that date. However, should item(s) not be completed, it is possible item(s) could be carried over and be heard before the Pahrump Library District Board of Trustees beginning at 10:00 a.m. on the next day.
Copies of the reference material and any additional supporting material will be made available at the Pahrump Community Library, located at 701 East Street, Pahrump, Nevada 89048 or by contacting the Library Director at 775-727-5930 or director@pahrumplibrary.org. Copies of any such material will also be made available at the meeting site.
Pursuant to NRS 241.020, the agenda is posted at the following locations:
PAHRUMP COMMUNITY LIBRARY, PAHRUMP, NV
NYE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE, PAHRUMP, NV
TOWN OF PAHRUMP OFFICE, PAHRUMP, NV
www.pahrumplibrary.org
www.admin.nv.gov
NRS 241.020 requires that written notice of all meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Pahrump Library District be given at least three working days before the meetings. The notice shall include the time, place, location, and the agenda of the meeting.
Disabled members of the public who require reasonable accommodations to attend this meeting are asked to notify the Library Director 775-727-5930 at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.
1) Call to order
2) Members Roll Call
3) Pledge of Allegiance
4) GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT: * (Action will NOT be taken on matters considered during this period until specifically included on an agenda as an action item.)
5) Trustee/Director/Liaison Comments: - This item is limited to announcements, brief discussions of public comments, correction of factual inaccuracies, direction to staff, or topics proposed for future board meetings. (Lengthy deliberation of topics not on the agenda is prohibited by the Nevada Open Meeting Law).
6) Approval of June 9, 2025 Agenda (Non-action item)
7) For Possible Action: Emergency Items
8) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve or amend and approve the meeting minutes for May 12, 2025 and May 19, 2025.
9) Presentation: Treasurer’s Report by Kim Thomas for discussion of monthly expenditures and revenue for May 2025 through June 2025.
10) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve or amend and approve payment vouchers for May 2025 through June 2025.
11) Presentation: Librarian’s Report by Kimberly Thomas for discussion on library activity for May 2025 through June 2025. Report activities include staff activities and training, patron traffic, books checked out, books returned, fees collected, online story time, STEAM, internet use, website usage and materials added.
12) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation on whether to approve, amend and approve or reject the Library’s background check policy including whether the Library will pay for the background checks.
13) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to create a policy that (1) only licensed contractors be utilized to perform work at the library and (2) the contractor that performed services for the library shall be called to resolve any issues with the contractor’s work.
14) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve, amend and approve or reject (1) estimate submitted by Wulfenstein Construction, referenced as bid number 25-06727 item number 002, to crack seal, seal coat and restripe the library parking lot in the amount of $19,439.00; (2) Execute the agreement; and (3) Pahrump Library Board of Trustees to determine funding.
15) Trustee/Director/Liaison Comments: - This item is limited to announcements, brief discussions of public comments, correction of factual inaccuracies, direction to staff, or topics proposed for future board meetings. (Lengthy deliberation of topics not on the agenda is prohibited by the Nevada Open Meeting Law).
16) Adjournment
Board of Trustees:
Kelly Green - Secretary
Matt Morris – Trustee
Dee Mounts – Trustee Pahrump Library District
Michael Runion – Vice-Chairman Doris Shirky, Founder
John Shewalter – Chairman 701 East Street Pahrump, NV 89048
Main: 775-727-5930 Fax: 775-727-6209
AGENDA
PAHRUMP LIBRARY DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
SPECIAL MEETING
Date: May 19, 2025
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: Pahrump Community Library
701 East Street Pahrump, NV 89048
Meeting Room
Subject to technical difficulties, people may participate by either a Zoom Meeting Link at
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/4320398580?pwd=mJoxBtoF1azMY64qdYbFKcOjzVMem6…
and Passcode 253498, or by calling 1-646-568-7788 and entering Meeting ID 432 039 8580 and Passcode 253498
Technical difficulties may occur before or during the meeting preventing your ability to join
the meeting via Zoom by either the on-line link above or the call-in number.
Zoom participants will be muted until the Chair of the Pahrump Library District Board of Trustees opens public comment periods by announcement. Zoom participants must raise their hand within Zoom to notify the Library administration they wish to speak either during General Public Comment or during public comment on a specific agenda item. Zoom participants will be unmuted by Library administration when it is their turn to speak during public comment.
* Members of the public who wish to address the Library Board of Trustees may come forward and speak on any topic that is relevant to or within the authority of the Library Board. The Board respects the rights of citizens to present differing opinions and views. The public comment period at library district board meeting shall be limited to a maximum of forty-five (45) minutes for both general public comment items.
Remarks by speakers during any public comment period shall be limited to three (3) minutes each. Additionally, public comment of up to three minutes per person may be heard during individual action items. The Chairman reserves the right to reduce the time allowed for public comment. The Chairman may prohibit comment if the content of the comments is a topic that is not relevant to, or within the authority of the Board, or if the content of the comments is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering with the rights of other speakers. If you believe your item requires extended discussion or action, you may ask a member of the Board to place it on the Board’s agenda for a future meeting. No action may be taken on a matter raised under general public comment of the agenda unless the matter is noticed on a Board agenda as an item on which action may be taken.
Items on the agenda without a time designation may be taken out of order. The Chairman may combine two or more agenda items for consideration. The Chairman may remove an item from the agenda or delay discussion relating to an item on the agenda at any time. Items on the agenda without a time designation may not necessarily be considered in the order in which they appear on the agenda.
NOTICE: It is anticipated that the items of business before the Pahrump Library District on May 19, 2025 will be fully completed on that date. However, should item(s) not be completed, it is possible item(s) could be carried over and be heard before the Pahrump Library District Board of Trustees beginning at 10:00 a.m. on the next day.
Copies of the reference material and any additional supporting material will be made available at the Pahrump Community Library, located at 701 East Street, Pahrump, Nevada 89048 or by contacting Library Director at 775-727-5930 or director@pahrumplibrary.org. Copies of any such material will also be made available at the meeting site.
Pursuant to NRS 241.020, the agenda is posted at the following locations:
PAHRUMP COMMUNITY LIBRARY, PAHRUMP, NV
NYE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE, PAHRUMP, NV
TOWN OF PAHRUMP OFFICE, PAHRUMP, NV
www.pahrumplibrary.org
www.admin.nv.gov
NRS 241.020 requires that written notice of all meetings of the Board of Trustees of Pahrump Library District be given at least three working days before the meetings. The notice shall include the time, place, location, and the agenda of the meeting.
Disabled members of the public who require reasonable accommodations in order to attend this meeting are asked to notify the Library Director 775-727-5930 at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.
1) Call to order
2) Members Roll Call
3) Pledge of Allegiance
4) Trustee/Director Comments: - This item is limited to announcements or topics/issues proposed for future workshops, committees and agendas.
5) Approval of May 19, 2025 Agenda (Non-action item)
6) GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT: * (Action will NOT be taken on matters considered during this period until specifically included on an agenda as an action item.)
7) For Possible Action: Public Hearing - discussion and deliberation to adopt or amend and adopt the Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 for the Pahrump Community Library District.
8) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve, amend and approve or reject the Engagement Agreement with Daniel C. McArthur, LTD relating to budget preparation for the Pahrump Community Library District for the year ending June 30, 2026; and (2) Execute the Engagement Agreement.
9) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to (1) approve, amend and approve or reject the Amendment to the Maintenance Service Agreement for the quarterly service and inspection of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (“HVAC”) system in the amount of $3,740.00, and (2) Execute the Amendment.
10) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to (1) approve, amend and approve, or reject the Agreement with M-L Cabinetry, LLC and SME Cabinetry, Inc. to upgrade countertops and desk panels; and (2) Execute the Agreement.
11) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve, amend and approve or reject (1) a Statement of Work by EBSCO Information Services, LLC, in the amount of $9,000.00 to redesign the library website, (2) Execute the Statement of Work, and (3) funding to be determined by the Pahrump Community Library Board of Trustees.
12) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve, amend and approve or reject a proposal by Desert Wire to 1) install an access control and intercom system at the library rear entrance at $ 4483.35 2) approve the 5-year license agreement at $ 917.39 at a total cost of $ 5,400.74 and 3) Funding to be determined by the Pahrump Community Library Board of Trustees.
13) Trustee/Director/Liaison Comments: This item is limited to announcements or topics/issues proposed for future workshops, committees and agendas.
14) Adjournment
Board of Trustees:
Kelly Green - Secretary
Matt Morris – Trustee
Dee Mounts – Trustee Pahrump Library District
Michael Runion – Vice-Chairman Doris Shirky, Founder
John Shewalter – Chairman 701 East Street Pahrump, NV 89048
Main: 775-727-5930 Fax: 775-727-6209
AGENDA
PAHRUMP LIBRARY DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
Date: May 12, 2025
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: Pahrump Community Library
701 East Street Pahrump, NV 89048
Meeting Room
Subject to technical difficulties, people may participate by either a Zoom Meeting link at
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86135701130?pwd=nEPuvsBCdPZHA5OyM8ldYqteb6UEe…
and Passcode 571251, or by calling 1-646-568-7788
and entering Meeting ID 861 3570 1130 and Passcode 571251
.
Technical difficulties may occur before or during the meeting preventing your ability to join
the meeting via Zoom by either the on-line link above or the call-in number.
Zoom participants will be muted until the Chair of the Pahrump Library District Board of Trustees opens public comment periods by announcement. Zoom participants must raise their hand within Zoom to notify the Library administration they wish to speak either during General Public Comment or during public comment on a specific agenda item. Zoom participants will be unmuted by Library administration when it is their turn to speak during public comment.
There may be a delay between the in-person meeting and the meeting video.
* Members of the public who wish to address the Library Board of Trustees may come forward and speak on any topic that is relevant to or within the authority of the Library Board. The Board respects the rights of citizens to present differing opinions and views. The public comment period at library district board meeting shall be limited to a maximum of forty-five (45) minutes for general public comment items.
Remarks by speakers during any public comment period shall be limited to three (3) minutes each. Additionally, public comment of up to three minutes per person may be heard during individual action items. The Chairman reserves the right to reduce the time allowed for public comment. The Chairman may prohibit comment if the content of the comments is a topic that is not relevant to, or within the authority of the Board, or if the content of the comments is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering with the rights of other speakers. If you believe your item requires extended discussion or action, you may ask a member of the Board to place it on the Board’s agenda for a future meeting. No action may be taken on a matter raised under general public comment of the agenda unless the matter is noticed on a Board agenda as an item on which action may be taken.
Items on the agenda without a time designation may be taken out of order. The Chairman may combine two or more agenda items for consideration. The Chairman may remove an item from the agenda or delay discussion relating to an item on the agenda at any time. Items on the agenda without a time designation may not necessarily be considered in the order in which they appear on the agenda.
NOTICE: It is anticipated that the items of business before the Pahrump Library District on May 12, 2025 will be fully completed on that date. However, should item(s) not be completed, it is possible item(s) could be carried over and be heard before the Pahrump Library District Board of Trustees beginning at 10:00 a.m. on the next day.
Copies of the reference material and any additional supporting material will be made available at the Pahrump Community Library, located at 701 East Street, Pahrump, Nevada 89048 or by contacting the Library Director at 775-727-5930 or director@pahrumplibrary.org. Copies of any such material will also be made available at the meeting site.
Pursuant to NRS 241.020, the agenda is posted at the following locations:
PAHRUMP COMMUNITY LIBRARY, PAHRUMP, NV
NYE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE, PAHRUMP, NV
TOWN OF PAHRUMP OFFICE, PAHRUMP, NV
www.pahrumplibrary.org
www.admin.nv.gov
NRS 241.020 requires that written notice of all meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Pahrump Library District be given at least three working days before the meetings. The notice shall include the time, place, location, and the agenda of the meeting.
Disabled members of the public who require reasonable accommodations to attend this meeting are asked to notify the Library Director 775-727-5930 at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.
1) Call to order
2) Members Roll Call
3) Pledge of Allegiance
4) GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT: * (Action will NOT be taken on matters considered during this period until specifically included on an agenda as an action item.)
5) Trustee/Director Comments: - This item is limited to announcements, brief discussions of public comments, correction of factual inaccuracies, direction to staff, or topics proposed for future board meetings. (Lengthy deliberation of topics not on the agenda is prohibited by the Nevada Open Meeting Law).
6) Approval of May 12, 2025 Agenda (Non-action item)
7) For Possible Action: Emergency Items
8) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve or amend and approve the meeting minutes for March 10, 2025.
9) Presentation: Treasurer’s Report by Kim Thomas for discussion of monthly expenditures and revenue for February 2025 through May 2025.
10) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve or amend and approve payment vouchers for February 2025 through May 2025.
11) Presentation: Librarian’s Report by Kim Thomas for discussion on library activity for February 2025 through May 2025. Report activities include patron traffic, books checked out, books returned, fees collected, online story time, STEAM, internet use, website usage and materials added.
12) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation regarding the Library Director’s spending authority.
13) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to review the tentative budget for fiscal year 2025-2026 for the Pahrump Community Library District.
14) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Resolution No. 2025-01: A Resolution to Close the Bookmobile Operating Special Revenue Fund.
15) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to 1) approve, amend and approve or reject thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000.00) for library furniture for the youth department and 2) funding to be determined by the Pahrump Community Library Board of Trustees.
16) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation whether to replace the existing Information Library System (“ILS”) system at a cost not to exceed twenty-seven thousand dollars ($27,000.00) and 2) funding to be determined by the Pahrump Community Library Board of Trustees.
17) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve, amend and approve or reject implementing the Clover Information Security Policy for the new Clover Point Of Sale system.
18) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation approve, amend and approve or reject the employee background check policy.
19) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation whether to create an in-house security guard position or hire an outside third-party security company.
20) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation to approve, amend and approve or reject job description for the in-house security guard position.
21) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation regarding designating the person responsible for responding to media requests.
22) For Possible Action: Discussion and deliberation whether to rejoin the American Library Association “(ALA”).
23) Trustee/Director Comments: - This item is limited to announcements, brief discussions of public comments, correction of factual inaccuracies, direction to staff, or topics proposed for future board meetings. (Lengthy deliberation of topics not on the agenda is prohibited by the Nevada Open Meeting Law).
24) Adjournment
| Bid Number: | 2024-001/PWP-NY-2025-189 |
| Bid Title: | Library Flooring Replacement Project |
| Category: | Construction Services |
| Status: | Closed |
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